Proclamations
Index of Proclamations issued by the Mayor and City Council
Note: List contains proclamations issued beginning September 10, 2013 through Present.
List may not be all inclusive. For questions please contact the Mayor's Office or sponsoring Councilmember.
Contact information for the Mayor and City Council may be found on the City Council Roster webpage.
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Proclamations: 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013
2019 Proclamations
Date
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Subject
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January 22, 2019
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Mahealani Uchiyama
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January 29, 2019
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Max Dreskin
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January 29, 2019
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Roe vs. Wade
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February 26, 2019
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Jerome Solberg
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March 12, 2019
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College and Career Week
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March 12, 2019
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Dan Sawislak
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March 12, 2019
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Victoria Legg
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March 26, 2019
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March for Meals 2019
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March 26, 2019
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Susan Muscarella
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April 2, 2019
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KPFA 70th Anniversary
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April 2, 2019
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Parkinson's Awareness Month
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April 7, 2019
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National Victims Rights Week
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April 17, 2019
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Annual International IRDP Conference
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April 17, 2019
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NAMC National Association Minority Contractors
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April 17, 2019
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Stacey Hoffman
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April 23, 2019
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Osha Neuman
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April 23, 2019
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Holocaust Remembrance
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April 23, 2019
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Avril Chavez
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April 23, 2019
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Axel Disston
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April 23, 2019
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Maya Curry
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April 23, 2019
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Mekhi Crossland
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April 30, 2019
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Mental Health Month
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April 30, 2019
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Suitcase Clinic
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May 7, 2019
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Alexander Wilfert
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May 7, 2019
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Hung Huynh
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May 7, 2019
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Linda Rugg
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May 7, 2019
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Nuha Khalfay
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May 7, 2019
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Sophie Bandarkar
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May 8, 2019
|
Melany Amarikwa
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May 14, 2019
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Affordable Housing Week
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May 14, 2019
|
Juneteenth Festival Day
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May 14, 2019
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Brian Fitch
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May 15, 2019
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Conscientious Objectors and War Resisters Day
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May 16, 2019
|
Mama Washington
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May 19, 2019
|
National Public Works Week
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June 11, 2019
|
Susan Hodge
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| June 11, 2019 |
Hannah and Friends Bike-A-Thon
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| June 11, 2019 |
Joleen Ruffin
|
| June 12, 2019 |
Donald Evans
|
June 15, 2019
|
Centennial Celebration of the Berkeley Lions Club
|
| June 25, 2019 |
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
|
| June 25, 2019 |
Elder Abuse Awareness Month
|
July 9, 2019
|
Anil Thapa Buddhist Art Center
|
July 9, 2019
|
Rosenda Thomas
|
July 16, 2019
|
Ari Neulight
|
July 16, 2019
|
Eddie Young, Jr. and James Chester Young
|
July 23, 2019
|
Christine Schwartz |
July 23, 2019
|
Empress Vintage |
July 23, 2019
|
Kelly Hammargren |
July 23, 2019
|
Susan Duhan Felix |
September 10, 2019
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Berkeley Film Foundation |
September 10, 2019
|
Dr. Reverend Robert L. McKnight, Sr. |
September 24, 2019
|
Berkeley Free Clinic's 50th Anniversary |
September 24, 2019
|
Emmaline Campbell |
September 24, 2019
|
Indigenous Peoples Day 2019 |
September 24, 2019
|
Sandy Bails |
October 15, 2019
|
Jacqueline Omania |
October 15, 2019
|
Leslie Ewing |
2018 Proclamations
Date
|
Subject
|
January 23, 2018
|
Daniel Maher
|
| February 13, 2018 |
Michael Lerner |
| February 27, 2018 |
Center for Early Intervention on Deafness |
| February 27, 2018 |
Winston Burton |
| March 27, 2018 |
American Red Cross Month |
| March 27, 2018 |
Greenlining Institute |
| March 27, 2018 |
Beats Antique |
| May 1, 2018 |
Affordable Housing Week |
| May 1, 2018 |
Berkeley Path Wanderers Association |
| May 1, 2018 |
Indra's Net Theater Company |
| June 12, 2018 |
Flora Russ Day |
| June 12, 2018 |
Marty McCutcheon Day |
| June 12, 2018 |
Amateur Radio Week |
| June 26, 2018 |
Daniel Galvez |
| June 26, 2018 |
Elder Abuse Awareness |
| June 26, 2018 |
Tajmal Payne |
| July 10, 2018 |
Pathway Project Volunteers |
| July 24, 2018 |
Sue Li Jue |
| July 24, 2018 |
Frank and Louise Brown |
| September 13, 2018 |
Freight and Salvage |
| September 13, 2018 |
Monteverde School |
| September 25, 2018 |
Bisexual Pride and Bi Visibility Day |
| September 25, 2018 |
Coille Hooven |
| September 25, 2018 |
Startup Grind |
| October 2, 2018 |
Indigenous People's Day |
| October 2, 2018 |
Judith Scherr |
| October 16, 2018 |
Natan Kuchar |
| October 16, 2018 |
Disaster Preparedness Fair |
| November 13, 2018 |
African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council |
| November 13, 2018 |
Biofuel Oasis |
| December 11, 2018 |
Judith Montell Day |
| December 15, 2018 |
Berkeley High School Black Studies Day |
2017 Proclamations
Date
|
Subject
|
January 24, 2017
|
Dorothy and Robert Bryant
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February 14, 2017
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Roe v. Wade 44th Anniversary
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February 14, 2017
|
Linda Tillery
|
February 14, 2017
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Luna Dance Institute
|
February 28, 2017
|
Government Alliance of Race & Equality (GARE) Cohort
|
February 28, 2017
|
Library Whistleblowers
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February 28, 2017
|
Alicia Nelson
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March 14, 2017
|
Marian Diamond
|
March 28, 2017
|
924 Gilman |
March 28, 2017
|
Katherine Harr |
March 28, 2017
|
American Red Cross Month |
March 28, 2017
|
Koichi & Hiroko Tamano |
May 30, 2017
|
Berkeley High School Boys Tennis Team |
May 30, 2017
|
World Music Festival 14th Anniversary |
May 30, 2017
|
Frances Rachel 100th Birthday |
| June 13, 2017 |
Amateur Radio Week |
| June 13, 2017 |
Elder Abuse Awareness Month |
| June 13, 2017 |
Berkeley High School Girls Softball |
| June 13, 2017 |
Juneteenth Festival Day |
| June 27, 2017 |
Healthy Homes Month |
| June 27, 2017 |
Dorothy Day House |
| June 27, 2017 |
First Presbyterian Church |
| June 27, 2017 |
Chaz Bundick |
| June 27, 2017 |
Elisa Cooper |
| June 27, 2017 |
Charles Austin |
| August 25, 2017 |
Hate Free Weekend |
| September 12, 2017 |
Poet Laureate: Rafael Jesus Gonzalez |
| October 17, 2017 |
Share-N-Getty Day |
| October 17, 2017 |
Camp All Souls: Called to Justice |
| October 17, 2017 |
Honoring Berkeley First Responders on Hurricane Operations |
| October 31, 2017 |
Richie Smith |
| November 14, 2017 |
Pacha Day |
| November 14, 2017 |
Dr. Naomi Quinonez |
| November 28, 2017 |
Tom Kelly |
| November 28, 2017 |
Berkeley Humane |
| November 28, 2017 |
Berkeley First Responders in the North Bay Fires |
| December 19, 2017 |
Hung Liu |
2016 Proclamations
Date
|
Subject
|
| January 26, 2016 |
Marilyn Pursley |
| February 10, 2016 |
Berkeley Rotary Club 100th Anniversary |
February 13, 2016
|
Frances Towne
|
| February 26, 2016 |
Betty Reid Soskin |
| February 29, 2016 |
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights |
| March 8, 2016 |
Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| March 15, 2016 |
Berkeley City College Black Student Union |
| March 15, 2016 |
Zachary Fernandez |
| March 15, 2016 |
60th Anniversary of HOWL |
| March 29, 2016 |
Berkeley Aquatic Staff |
| April 4, 2016 |
Dan Kammen |
| April 5, 2016 |
10th Anniversary of the Berkeley Project |
| May 6, 2016 |
Linda Collins |
| May 10, 2016 |
John Oliver Simon |
| May 10, 2016 |
Father George Crespin |
| May 10, 2016 |
Affordable Housing Week |
| May 10, 2016 |
Berkeley High Boys Basketball Team |
| May 24, 2016 |
Pepper Spray Times 25th Anniversary |
| May 24, 2016 |
Police Week 2016 |
| May 24, 2016 |
Berkeley Film Foundation |
| May 24, 2016 |
Ruth Bossieu |
| May 31, 2016 |
Elder Abuse Awareness Month |
| May 31, 2016 |
Bridging the Military-Civilian Divide Day |
| May 31, 2016 |
2016 Berkeley World Music Festival |
| June 14, 2016 |
Public Works Department |
| June 28, 2016 |
W. Kamau Bell |
| July 19, 2016 |
Chaparral House |
| July 19, 2016 |
Captain Cynthia Harris |
| July 19, 2016 |
Raz Kennedy |
| July 19, 2016 |
Trina Ostrander and Bayer Healthcare |
| September 16, 2016 |
S. Nzingha Dugas |
| September 20, 2016 |
Halcyon Commons 20th Anniversary |
| December 1, 2016 |
Austene Hall |
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Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum's 50th Anniversary |
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East Bay Sanctuary Covenant |
| |
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month |
| |
Recognizing the Ohlone Peoples |
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Urging the EBRPD to Honor Ohlone Indigenous Rights and Protect Ohlone Place of Origin Sacred Site |
| |
Honoring the Shellmond Indigenous Sacred Site |
| |
Endorse Upgrading the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to a Convention |
| |
Implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as Municipal Policy |
2015 Proclamations
| Date |
Subject |
| January 17, 2015 |
Deborah Louise Greene |
| January 27, 2015 |
Rare Barrel |
| February 24, 2015 |
Eleanor Shapiro Day |
| February 24, 2015 |
Ralph Benson |
| March 17, 2015 |
Armenian Genocide 100th Year Anniversary |
| March 18, 2015 |
Marthe Cohn Day |
| March 24, 2015 |
Chaparral House |
| March 24, 2015 |
Maplight |
| April 7, 2015 |
Lester Chambers Day |
| April 7, 2015 |
National Public Safety Telecommunicator’s Week |
| April 14, 2015 |
Susie Medak Day |
| April 23, 2015 |
In Dulci Jubilo |
| April 25, 2015 |
Brian Fitch Day |
| April 25, 2015 |
Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement 40th Anniversary |
| April 28, 2015 |
Municipal Clerks Week |
| April 28, 2015 |
Affordable Housing Week |
| May 2, 2015 |
Young Entrepreneurs at Haas 25th Anniversary |
| May 12, 2015 |
Historic Preservation Month |
| May 12, 2015 |
Eduardo Pineda Day |
| May 12, 2015 |
Public Works Week |
| May 12, 2015 |
Salvation Army Oakland Garden Center Corps |
| May 15, 2015 |
John Muir Elementary School Centennial |
| May 16, 2015 |
Rafael Jesus Gonzales Day |
| June 9, 2015 |
Linda Williams |
| June 9, 2015 |
Stephen Kent and the Berkeley World Music Festival |
| June 12, 2015 |
Ashby Village |
| June 23, 2015 |
Dr. Jose M. Ortiz |
| June 23, 2015 |
Amateur Radio Week |
| June 23, 2015 |
Berkeley-Sakai Girl Scout Exchange |
| August 13, 2015 |
Berkeley Barb |
| September 23, 2015 |
Bisexual Pride & Bi Visibility Day |
| October 10, 2015 |
Indigenous Peoples Day |
| November 15, 2015 |
Berkeley Times 5th Anniversary |
| November 17, 2015 |
Cal in the Capital Day |
| December 12, 2015 |
Frankie Lee Fraser |
2014 Proclamations
| Date |
Subject |
| January 8, 2014 |
Suzy Thompson |
| January 14, 2014 |
Dr. Thomas W. Browne |
| January 23, 2014 |
Frank Staggers Hypertension Screening & Education Sunday |
| February 23, 2014 |
Dalai Lama |
| February 25, 2014 |
American Red Cross Month |
| March 4, 2014 |
Women's History Month |
| March 8, 2014 |
Luna Dance Institute |
| March 11, 2014 |
Dr. Marilyn Wong |
| March 11, 2014 |
Maia Scuipac |
| March 11, 2014 |
Diana Russell |
| March 11, 2014 |
Diane Davenport & Sayre Van Young |
| March 14, 2014 |
Charles Robinson |
| March 15-26, 2014 |
Zero Waste Week |
| March 25, 2014 |
Crowden School |
| March 25, 2014 |
Berkeley Public Library Month |
| March 25, 2014 |
Cesar Chavez |
| March 28, 2014 |
Keith Carson |
| April 1, 2014 |
Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| April 1, 2014 |
National Public Health Week |
| April 1, 2014 |
Faye Carol |
| April 8, 2014 |
Jane McCoy |
| April 15, 2014 |
Kathy Chew |
| May 10, 2014 |
Denise Levertov |
| May 18, 2014 |
Jewish Community Foundation of the East Bay |
| May 25, 2014 |
The Possible Day |
| June 1, 2014 |
Dr. Herbert Wong |
| June 3, 2014 |
Urban Shield |
| June 8, 2014 |
125th Anniversary of First Baptist Church |
| June 10, 2014 |
Berkeley Fire Science Program: BFD and Berkeley Firefighters Local 1227 |
| June 11, 2014 |
95th Anniversary of the Berkeley Lions Club |
| June 12, 2014 |
David Fogarty |
| June 22, 2014 |
Berkeley World Music Day |
| June 24, 2014 |
Amateur Radio Week |
| July 8, 2014 |
Postal Heritage Day |
| July 8, 2014 |
Helen Farnsworth |
| July 8, 2014 |
Keiko Nelson |
| July 28, 2014 |
Dr. Charles Townes |
| August 16, 2014 |
Honey Bee Awareness Day |
| August 22, 2014 |
Robert Hicks |
| August 31, 2014 |
Peter Neufeld |
| September 28, 2014 |
Berkeley Partners for Parks |
| October 7, 2014 |
Sandhya Sood |
| October 7, 2014 |
Berkeley CERT Fair Planning Team |
| October 19, 2014 |
Ron Penndorf |
| October 21, 2014 |
Gamelan Sekar Jaya |
| October 21, 2014 |
John Tucker |
| October 26, 2014 |
United Nations Association 60th Anniversary |
| October 31, 2014 |
Malcolm Margolin/Heyday Press |
| October 31, 2014 |
Berkeley Patients Group |
2013 Proclamations
| Date |
Subject |
| September 17, 2013 |
International Assistance-Dog Week 2013 |
| September 17, 2013 |
Roger Dillahunty Day |
| September 21, 2013 |
29th Annual Shoreline Cleanup Day |
| September 21, 2013 |
BOSS Ursula Sherman Village Program |
| September 24, 2013 |
Keter Salon Expansion |
| October 1, 2013 |
Perry and Stier Day |
| October 1, 2013 |
Zeke Gerwein |
| October 3, 2013 |
Transgender Law Center Day |
| October 5, 2013 |
Indigenous Peoples Day |
| October 10, 2013 |
Emma Turner |
| October 11, 2013 |
National Coming Out Day |
| October 15, 2013 |
Chana Bloch |
October 23, 2013
|
Berkeley High School Class of 1963 |
October 29, 2013
|
Rosa Parks Elementary Mock Trial |
| November 18, 2013 |
Jose Ortiz Day |
| November 19, 2013 |
Marc Silber |
| November 19, 2013 |
Jones, Stallmeyer and Guiten-Bella |
| December 3, 2013 |
John Toki |
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